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Aspect 1:
North Korea test-fired a new hypersonic missile
According to the Korean Central News Agency, on April 2, local time, the General Missile Directorate of the Korean People's Army successfully carried out a launch test of a new medium- and long-range solid-fuel missile, the Hwasong-16B, at Suncheon International Airport in western North Korea, possibly near Pyongyang. After flying about 1,000 kilometers and performing jump and sideslip maneuvers as planned, the hypersonic glide warhead successfully splashed down on a predetermined target area in the northwestern part of the Sea of Japan. KCNA announced that the flight test was a complete success.
Based on the available information and information, this journal has made relevant interpretations of the new hypersonic missile of the DPRK "Hwasong-16B" from various aspects such as the test content, development process, performance characteristics, and great significance of the DPRK hypersonic missile, for the benefit of readers.
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New developments in domestic equipment
In recent days, photos of the test flight of a domestically produced heavy armed helicopter have been circulating on the Internet. We found from the photos that this helicopter is basically based on the original power system, transmission system, rotor system and even the original fuselage of the Z-20, through certain design modifications. Of course, as a professional heavy-duty Wuzhi, the helicopter also has a lot of new designs and adopts many advanced designs. As a new type of professional heavy Wuzhi, its related search, aiming, fire control, situational awareness and other performance is definitely a grade higher than that of the Z-10, and it is definitely better than the medium-sized Wuzhi like the Z-10 in terms of armor protection, radar warning, and load capacity, as well as a general-purpose helicopter like the Z-20. So, what are the characteristics of the continental heavy armed helicopters, what advanced technologies are adopted, and what is the significance?
The long-range rocket artillery detachment of the 71 st Group Army recently conducted a live-fire exercise in the Gobi Desert in northwest China, during which the PHL-191 box-type long-range rocket artillery set up a realistic battlefield environment in an unfamiliar area, demonstrating to the world the powerful power of launching a new type of long-range tactical missile, which made the army's long-range strike firepower take another step forward and aroused great attention from the mainstream media at home and abroad. It was expected that the 191 Yuanhuo was equipped with a new long-range tactical missile, but in fact, it was the first time that the firing picture was officially exposed. So, what is the performance of the Continental PHL-191 box-type long-range rocket launcher?
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Since anti-ship missiles have become the main combat weapon in the modern naval battlefield, countering the threat of missiles launched by enemy aircraft, surface ships, and submarines has become the primary task of modern surface ship defense operations. For a long period of time, the anti-missile vigilance task of surface ships is mainly undertaken by shipborne radars, but due to the influence of factors such as the small cross-sectional area of missile targets and the clutter on the sea surface, shipborne radars actually have certain limitations in their ability to detect and discover small sea-skimming targets that suddenly attack, so that their reliability is often insufficient to meet the needs of actual combat. For this reason, some countries with advanced naval technology have begun to find another way to develop a shipboard infrared warning system, thus making up for the shortcomings of radar detection technology in detecting and tracking small targets such as sea-skimming incoming missiles, and this system is of extremely important tactical significance for enhancing the anti-missile defense capability of warships. So, what is the development of the infrared warning system for continental ships and what is the performance?
For these contents, this journal has organized special articles to report and interpret, please read them!
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Interpretation of cutting-edge weapons and equipment
On December 7, 2023, the groundbreaking ceremony of the F-126 frigate, the next generation of the German Navy's main warship, was held at the Vorgast shipyard in Germany, and the first ship is expected to be delivered to the German Navy around 2028. Although the F-126 is positioned as a frigate, its displacement has surpassed that of destroyers in service in many countries, and it is the largest tonnage surface combat ship built in Germany since the end of World War II. The Bundeswehr has published the German Navy's construction and development plan for 2031-2035 on its official website, and the F-126 frigate is the top priority of the relevant plan. So, how well do frigates of the F-126 type perform?
NASA and Lockheed Martin unveiled the new X-59 silent supersonic aircraft in front of an audience of nearly 150 at the Lockheed Martin Skunk Factory in Palmdale, California, Jan. 12, 2024. According to the plan, the aircraft will take off for the first time later this year, and after that it will try to fly over residential areas to evaluate the noise impact on the ground. At the unveiling ceremony, NASA Administrator Pam Melroy emphasized that NASA has always been committed to groundbreaking aerospace innovations, and the X-59 proudly continues that tradition and represents the technological frontier that drives the aviation industry and deserves our attention!
Since November 2023, Yemen's Houthis have launched ship attacks against Israeli shipowners or merchant ships heading to Israel in the southern part of the Red Sea, and on December 16, the Houthis have set a historic record by using anti-ship ballistic missiles in the ship attack and successfully hitting a Liberian-flagged "Mediterranean Palace III" freighter belonging to the Mediterranean Shipping. Even the surface ships of the British and US navies launched strikes, demonstrating a certain strike capability of the Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles. So, what are the specific models of anti-ship ballistic missiles of the Houthis, what are the advantages and disadvantages of the Houthis' ability to strike at sea, and what inspirations, as well as experiences and lessons have the Houthis' use of anti-ship ballistic missiles provided us?
This journal also has a detailed report and in-depth interpretation of these contents, please read them.
Aspect 4:
Global Observation
On January 8, 2024, the South Korean Defense Agency announced that it will launch two reconnaissance satellites under the "425 Project" in April and November 2024, respectively, and in December 2023, 11 days after North Korea successfully launched the country's first military reconnaissance satellite "Wanlijing-1", the first satellite of the South Korean military's "425 Project", "Military Reconnaissance Satellite 1", has been successfully launched by the "Falcon 9" carrier rocket of SpaceX in the United States. What is the ROK's plan to launch reconnaissance satellites in such an intense manner? Can the military space industry behind it support ROK's ambitions in the field of space reconnaissance? What follow-up actions does ROK have in using self-developed rockets to launch self-developed satellites and build its own space reconnaissance capability? Will the competition between the DPRK and the ROK over space-based surveillance capability trigger an intensification of the arms race on the Korean Peninsula in the future?
On February 28, 2024, a spokesman for the German Ministry of Defense said that on the 26th local time, the German Navy F-124 frigate "Hesse" found a aircraft while performing an escort mission in the Red Sea. However, it was a big surprise that both anti-aircraft missiles crashed into the sea after a technical malfunction after a successful launch. Although it was later found that the aircraft was an MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle of the US military, the poor actual combat performance of the "Hesse" caused an uproar in world public opinion, and the German Navy, once the world's second navy, also re-entered people's field of vision in an undignified way, which is embarrassing.
This journal has also interpreted it from various aspects for the benefit of readers.
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